Contact
Writing
You can send me email at lowe@hertie-school.org.
On social media I’m nearly always conjugateprior, e.g. on the
moth and the
elephant, and (no longer)
on the bird.
The only
exception is Reddit, which I don’t really read either. I’ve no idea
who that Reddit conjugateprior is, but they should cease and
desist. Unless they’re famous and influential, in which case that’s me too.
Speaking
If you like to communicate with your eating parts and have my mobile number then you can call me on that. If it’s sensitive, try Signal. If it’s not, try WhatsApp. There’s no actual telephone in my office, because I’m not that old. Also, someone might call it.
Hand waving
If you’d like to talk to the top half of me, then the usual pandemic options are available, including Zoom. If you’re a Hertie person, you can also try Teams. Either way, let me know you’ll be calling, as none of these are switched on by default.
Giving
If you want to send things, here’s a postal address:
Data Science Lab
Hertie School
Alexanderstrasse 3
10178, Berlin
Germany
If you’d prefer to fire them at me, target coordinates are 52° 31’ 25.32” N, 13° 24’ 52.524”. It’s on the 6th floor, so aim a bit higher this time.
Meeting
If you’d like to have a conversation within a metre or so of me, then you’ll want to drop by my new office. That’s Room 6221 at the address above.
Getting to Alex
This is much easier said than done.
If you are a Hertie person coming from Friedrichstrasse 180, get yourself a keycard from the Friedrichstrasse 180 Main Office by channeling your inner Captain Oates and saying “I am just going to Alex 3, and I may be some time”.
You will need that keycard for the lift and the entrance to the sixth floor.
Next, roll over to Alexanderstrasse 3. Leave at least 20 minutes for the 2km journey, as Berlin’s transportation infrastructure is… well, you know how it is.
Getting onto my floor
If you’re not a Hertie person, or you are but you ignored the part about the keycard, then take the next lift to floor 6. Now buzz the buzzer. The entrance desk is staffed on a rotating schedule.
Unfortunately nobody knows what it rotates around, it’s quite stretched and it doesn’t scale. If there isn’t anyone there, either send me a message or buzz the buzzer until you wake a graduate student from their dogmatic slumber.
Getting into my office
The best way to get to my office is to turn right at the entrance desk, follow the corridor down the building, u-turn around the second conference room, and I’ll be on your left, on the other side of the building.
Or rather, my office will be on your left. I’ll be looking for you at the front entrance. Maybe go lie on the enormous beanbag and think about shrinkage estimators until I come back and wake you up.